Bhaskaracarya, Bhāskarācārya, Bhaskara-acarya: 4 definitions
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Bhaskaracarya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Bhaskaracharya.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureBhāskarācārya (भास्कराचार्य) or Bhāskarācārya II (b. 1115 C.E.) was the son and disciple of Maheśvara. He was a great scholar of Indian Mathematics. He is credited with numerous works and Līlāvatī is one among them. Legend says he composed this work at the instance of his daughter Līlāvatī. At the end of its first chapter Bhāskarācārya discusses about permutation of metres and gives examples of anuṣṭup and gāyatrī. Bhāskarācārya gives method of calculation of these metres, as an instance for other metres.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBhāskarācārya (भास्कराचार्य).—A master astronomer of ancient India. It was he who declared, much earlier than western experts, that the earth is round in shape.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhaskara, Acarya.
Ends with: Jnanarishibhaskaracarya, Jnanarpibhaskaracarya.
Full-text (+46): Lilavati, Sutraganita, Rekhaganita, Bhaskara acarya, Jnanarpibhaskaracarya, Shishubodhana, Ganitapadi, Patililavati, Bhasuranandanatha, Vakyapancadhyayi, Munjala, Tripuramahiman, Laghubhaskariya, Saubhagyabhaskara, Karanakesarin, Lingashastra, Shadvargaphala, Bhuyas, Prama, Sveccha.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Date of Bhāskara < [Chapter XV - The Bhāskara School of Philosophy]
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
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Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Vṛttaratnāvalī of Ilattūr Rāmasvāmiśāstri < [Chapter 1 - Śāstrakāvyas—A Brief Survey]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Madhva’s Life < [Chapter XXV - Madhva and his School]
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